{"product_id":"peach-state-poems-9780822966562","title":"Peach State: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003ePeach State\u003c\/i\u003e has its origins in Atlanta, Georgia, the author's hometown and an emblematic city of the New South, a name that reflects the American region's invigoration in recent decades by immigration and a spirit of reinvention. Focused mainly on food and cooking, these poems explore the city's transformation from the mid-twentieth century to today, as seen and shaped by Chinese Americans. The poems are set in restaurants, home kitchens, grocery stores, and the houses of friends and neighbors. Often employing forms--sonnet, villanelle, sestina, palindrome, ghazal, rhymed stanzas--they also mirror the constant negotiation with tradition that marks both immigrant and Southern experience. \u003cb\u003eExcerpt from \"You're from the South?\"\u003c\/b\u003e As if it had never joined the Union. As if we had to go through Customs when bringing Vidalia onions to uncles and cousins in the North, where Confucians and their brethren flock for education. As if our speech required translation or at least interpretation. As if Hartsfield-Jackson were a plantation, the Amtrak Crescent a moon over rows of cotton, and all of us a population that never saw snow or migration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrienne Su \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eLiving Quarters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHaving None of It\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiddle Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems appear in many anthologies, including four volumes of \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she is professor of creative writing and poet-in-residence at Dickinson College.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510775845138,"sku":"9780822966562","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40a8d8fb-b48a-4c5e-a4b1-02ee6384428c.jpg?v=1730933988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/peach-state-poems-9780822966562","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}